The Mohave County Sheriff's Office is investigating after two bodies were found near the Virgin River Gorge in the Arizona Strip earlier this week.

Dispatch received a call Monday about the remains, according to a press release from the Sheriff's Office.

The news brought mixed emotions for family members of Jerry and Susan McFalls, a Littlefield couple that has been missing since January. The couple's daughter-in-law and son, Meredith and Jerry McFalls Jr., made the comment Thursday on a Facebook page they run that is dedicated to finding the couple. They said sheriff's officials contacted them but could not say if the bodies were those of their family members.

Jerry and Susan McFalls have been missing since Jan. 11, 2018 but officials may have an update on their possible whereabouts.(Photo: Mohave County Sheriff's Office)

The younger couple posted Friday that Thursday was a "bittersweet night."

"As things settled down last night we looked at each other and decided to conquer this one question, one problem, one moment at a time," they wrote. "Unfortunately we do not know how long it will take for identification, where they were exactly located, how or who found them."

Attempts to reach the Sheriff's Office and the couple were not successful.

Jerry and Susan McFalls were last heard from on Jan. 11. On Jan. 21, the Mohave County Sheriff's Department headed to their home in Littlefield to do a wellness check and found the front door open, all vehicles still on the property and the television on.

The investigation has been ongoing since then.

The press release said that sheriff's officials called the FBI Evidence Response Team, and the agencies have been cooperating.

Officials say evidence recovered in the gorge has been sent to the FBI crime lab for scientific experimentation and further studies to determine the unknown identities of the found remains.